18th century

curriculum planning, local assessment, and teaching for meaningful learning. In order for schools and educators to achieve these goals, McTighe has laid out three components he believes are essential for assessing core requirements and the 21st Century skills. The three skills are: Content-specific tests; A series of content-specific and interdisciplinary performance tasks; and A local assessment…

But since then, chivalry has started to fade away. Over the past several years three things have come up: parental influence has lessened, men don’t care about being kind, and feminism. These things have always been there, but lately in the 21st century, it all has become a more critical problem. Being chivalrous is more than being kind to someone, it is about respect and loyalty to a person. Our world would be different if chivalry went away completely and, we must bring it back before it…

objects to be admired for physical appearance. Mulvey argues that erotic scenes in films don’t have any influence on the plot but only provide a sense of erotic spectacle. However, Mulveys gaze theory could have less relevance in the early twentieth century due to technological advancements and change in social dynamics. Visual culture has progressed considerably…

Woodhouse in the third passage, Mrs. Elton is seen by the reader as aggressive in enforcing her beliefs upon the greater world around her, a behaviour clearly constructed by Austen as comical and incongruent with the expectations of gentility within 19th century society. Repetitious allusions to “the Maple Grove” and “The laurels at Maple Grove” furthermore signify the socially distortive…

Katherine O’Flaherty, also known as Kate Chopin after her marriage, wrote many stories, but one of her most famous ones was “The Story of an Hour”, written on April 19th, 1894 (“The Story”). The original name of the story was “The Dream of an Hour” but Kate changed it after begin published by Vogue on December 6th that same year (“The Story”). Kate being born in St. Louis, Missouri, gave her many experiences and hardships as a woman. Kate grew up in the era of enfranchisement for white males,…

Imagine one not being able to express their emotions because of their race. Imagine them having to limit their full potential because they are not the “right” skin tone. How does one cope with this prohibiting lifestyle? Playwright August Wilson had experienced this very oppression during the Civil Rights Movement and started using theatre as his way of coping with his painful past. His plays were a way for him to address political topics, express his emotions, and do things he would never be…

written. The 19th century time frame plays an important part of all these short stories which overlap into a similar setting yet are differentiated when it comes to the urge of independence of the narrators. The Independence they seek is a way to live their life unrestrained from boundaries. A particular theme found in all the following short stories revolves around mental illness. Mental illness was an ample and improperly managed disease that was notorious in the late 19th century. In…

In James Joyce’s stories “Araby” and “The Dead”, both main characters fight deep inner battles that drive them to feel alienated. Alienation is depicted through the stories in different forms, spanning from the depiction of weather to the description of a neighborhood. Both characters have different manners in handling their inner battle. In Araby, the unnamed character is filled with anguish and retreats into the darkness of his thoughts. On the other hand, Gabriel feels himself becoming one of…

dating back to the 14th century BCE. And over the past couple of centuries the tens of thousands of elephants have been killed every year to be harvested for their ivory tusk. Ivory is a white material that contains dentine and is found in the tusk and teeth of animals. The substances has been used in items such as, art sculptures, false teeth, piano keys, billiard balls, jewelry, and other items to show ones wealth. The ivory trade in Africa during the late 19th and 20th century decimated the…

The majority of Kate Chopin's short stories are set in the late nineteenth century in Louisiana, regularly provincial Louisiana. The greater part of the characters, as the vast majority of the general population living in Louisiana at the time, are Creoles, Acadians, Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, and individuals of blended race. With the exception of a percentage of the Creoles, the greater part of the characters are appallingly poor, in light of the fact that the zone has yet…